ReviewPsychotherapeut2021
[Online psychotherapy in times of the corona pandemic].
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparing Video-Based and Face-to-Face Psychotherapy: Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-Analysis Across Mental Disorders.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Online and Remote Interventions for Mental Health in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Postpandemic Use of Video-Based Psychotherapy Among German Outpatient Psychotherapists: Repeated Cross-Sectional and Partially Longitudinal Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Implementing video-based group music therapy during cancer treatment: insights from a mixed-methods study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- ONLINE vs. FACE-TO-FACE group coaching to promote teachers mental health: an exploratory field study in German teachers.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- The digital extension of the psychotherapeutic field and the role of the body in online therapy: a grounded theory study with psychotherapists in training.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Remote Psychotherapy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study on the Changes Experienced by Austrian Psychotherapists.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Social skills training with a tabletop role-playing game, before and during the pandemic of 2020: in-person and online group sessions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy across online and face-to-face settings: A quantitative analysis.Internet interventions · 2022Article
- Therapeutic Alliance in Online and Face-to-face Psychological Treatment: Comparative Study.JMIR mental health · 2022Article
- Medical Psychotherapy Training and the COVID-19 Pandemic.British journal of psychotherapy · 2022Article
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- Attitudes toward innovative mental health treatment approaches in Germany: E-mental health and home treatment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- [Importance of the COVID-19 pandemic for public health and group psychological aspects-Part 2 of a (preliminary) review].Psychotherapeut · 2021Review
- Gender Differences in Anger Among Hospital Medical Staff Exposed to Patients with COVID-19.Health equity · 2021Article
- Psychodynamic Therapist's Subjective Experiences With Remote Psychotherapy During the COVID-19-Pandemic-A Qualitative Study With Therapists Practicing Guided Affective Imagery, Hypnosis and Autogenous Relaxation.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- [Video-based treatment in psychodynamic psychotherapy in times of the COVID-19 pandemic].Psychotherapeut · 2021Article
- ["Achieving closeness in video treatment despite distance"].Psychotherapeut · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of mental illnesses in the population has enormously increased during the corona pandemic due to the accompanying burdens and distress. Therefore, it is important to continue with the provision of psychotherapeutic treatment even in times of social distancing. As a result, psychotherapists were soon confronted with the need to expand their traditional treatment setting and offer remote treatment.
objectiveWhich digital treatment options are available to psychotherapists since the pandemic, also with respect to the legal regulations? To what extent and how did they use video-based or telephone-based psychotherapy? What is the current stage of research regarding the effectiveness of video(telephony)? How can therapeutic alliance be built into video(telephony) settings? How can psychotherapists successfully apply their personal therapeutic method to different patient groups (children, adolescents, adults) in the new digital setting?
methodsThese questions are answered based on a literature search and clinical considerations.
resultsThe majority of psychotherapists have immediately adapted to remote treatment. This has been supported by the government by expanding existing regulations in order to continue treatment with current and new patients without physical contact during the pandemic crisis. Survey studies have shown that psychotherapists consider the effectiveness of digital treatment settings to be lower than the traditional setting.
conclusionFurther training is necessary to educate psychotherapists in the theory, practice and self-awareness for quality assurance in the video(telephony) setting.
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